For my road kill project, I chose to compare how much road kill is on different types of roads for years 2005-2009. The two types of roads I compared were Interstate Highways and Suburban roads. I chose to do this because I thought it would be interesting to find out which would have more road kill.

I found out that Suburban Roads have a lot more road kill than Interstate Highways. I think this happened because there a lot more animals around suburban roads than there are around Interstate Highways. Usually, Suburban Roads are around some type of woods or something like that.

When I decided what I was going to study, I thought that Suburban Roads would have more road kill. But, I wasn’t quite sure because on Interstate Highways you are driving a lot faster than you would be on Suburban Roads, so you wouldn’t have time to stop by the time you saw the animal. But there are a lot more animals around Suburban Roads.

Next year, I think suburban roads will still have the most road kill because of the reasons I stated previously. Also, next year I might look at different or more types of roads, like Urban Roads or Suburban Highways, because it seems pretty obvious that Suburban Roads will usually have more than Interstate Highways.

In our art class, we got to make a model shoe out of clay. It could be any kind of shoe we wanted it to be, and I chose a flip-flop. I used bright neon color paint to paint it and i designed it with fun polka-dots. This kind of shoe would appeal to girls, probably around my age group. Once we finished the shoes, our art teacher took pictures of them and then we got to make an advertisment for them. The requirments were that in the advertisment we had to have a shoe company name, a name for the shoe, a catch phrase for the shoe, and, of course, a picture of the shoe. I had lots of fun doing this art project. We got to be creative and have our shoe be totally how we wanted it to be.

In our language arts class, we read the book Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman. First we read it, and then we filled out a paper with info on each character. Then we each chose one character to make a seed packet for. We made the seed packet for the plant that they planted and tried to connect the character to the plant. Then we did the same thing for a person we know. We picked a plant that was like them and made a seed packet for them. I chose my little cousin, Scottie and his plant was coffee beans because he is very energetic. For the character one I chose Maricela. She is a pregnant 16 year old and her plant is squash. This was a fun project.

In math class, we did a unit on the stock market. Everyone got a fake $10,000 to buy our stocks with. I invested in three stocks; Wal-Mart, Exxon-Mobil, and Staples. I picked Wal-Mart for a couple reasons. One is that when we bought these stocks, the economy was bad and Wal-Mart has low prices, so people who needed to save money could go to Wal-Mart to get things cheaper. Another reason is Wal-Mart sells a variety of things. I chose Exxon-Mobil because everyone needs gas for their cars and gas prices were down when we got to pick our stocks. I picked Staples because people need to buy school and office supplies.

Since I’ve been watching the stock market, I would probably make some changes to my choices if I could. One of the changes is this time of year I would have picked something other than Staples because kids buy their school supplies in the summer, so I would have invested in Staples in the summer. While I’m glad I pick Exxon-Mobil (because it’s the only stock that made me any money) I think that a good time to invest in it would be around the holidays because people travel around the holidays. Also, if I could, I would have bought more stocks of Exxon-Mobil. Another thing is that it is good to invest in places like Wal-Mart because they sell a large variety of things, so they could be good all year round.

If someone asked me for advice on the stock market, there are a few things that come to mind. One is to always buy low. You should buy low because you won’t be spending as much money as you would if you bought high. Another is to sell high. You should do this because if you sell your stocks when they are high, you will get more money. One more piece of advice is to always keep track of your stocks. If you always check your stocks, you will know if you should or shouldn’t sell your stocks. Even though I lost some money (fake money!!), I learned a lot about the stock market in this unit and it helped me understand a little more about what has been happening in the economy lately.

I was inspired to have this theme because when I see a rainbow, I think that they are really cool and pretty.

To make this, I used many materials. One thing I used was pipe cleaners to make things pop off of the board. Another thing I used was tissue paper. I crumpled it up and glued it onto the board either flat or 3-D. Another material I used was sparkles. The sparkles make it eye-catching and make it shiny. Also, I used a little bit of cloth to add texture. I used little ceramic pieces and hot glued them to the board to add texture. And last but not least...I used paint! The background is all paint , which is a lot better than if the background was white. The paint deffinetly adds a lot more color to this art. I mixed these in many ways. One is I glued tissue paper to the board and then put a light layer of glitter over it.

I learned a lot from you about drugs and alcohol. I learned what they can do to you and that they are life threatening. I think that because of you, lots of people will make better choices than they wouldn’t have if you didn’t come talk to us. My first impression was that it was good that someone was going to give us real answers that had experience. I liked how you didn’t tell us not to do them, but what could happen to us if we did them. I learned that if you do drugs or drink alcohol, you could become homeless, and those things are life threatening. My friends and I think it was a little awkward when you talked about boys and girls bodies and things like that. I still wonder about what to do if you become an alcoholic, or if you know that you are at high risk for alcoholism because it runs in your family. I also still wonder how much you would have to do drugs before you become addicted. The only thing I would change about your talks is to maybe not talk so much about body parts and if you have to, then maybe not make it so awkward. Thank you very much for coming in and probably changing some people’s lives…or saving them!! THANK YOU=http://

A teacher from my school went to Antarctica in October and is still there now. She is there for scientific research. She dives under the ice through a dive hole that was made shortly after her arrival. She goes under for things like algae samples and to see the animals down there. One time when she went down, she didn’t have a full face mask on and she said that when her face touched the water it went instantly numb. Then, after a couple of minutes, she said that there was water in her mouth. This was very unusual because she has an air pumper above the water. The air gets to her from a tube that goes under with her. She has to hold it in her mouth with her teeth, like a scuba diver. So the fact that she had water in her mouth was very strange. She checked all of her hoses and tubes, but she couldn’t find anything wrong. All of a sudden, she realized that she was no longer holding the tube with her teeth because her mouth was so, so numb. So she quickly spit out the water and started holding the tube in place again. That was one of the m any adventures of Ms.Ellwood in Antarctica!!!

Did you know that Mercury shrunk? I don’t know how. Do you? At that time, cliffs may have formed on Mercury. I don’t know much about that though either. Does anyone? The Mariner 10 detected a weak magnetic field around Mercury. Did you know that Mercury has the largest mountain in our solar system on it? If anyone knows anything about any of these subjects I’d love to hear about it.